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January 2018

Eddie Hall Wins 2018 Britain’s Strongest Man

Eddie Hall wins Britain’s Strongest for the 5th straight year while being pushed the whole contest by Graham Hicks who ended up in second with Terry Hollands coming back with a good run on the Atlas Stones to take third place.

2018 Worlds Strongest Man Events

A contest, where news is perennially held in secrecy, we are finally starting to get some information on the 2018 Worlds Strongest Man competition. After a very static and heavy 2017 contest, it looks like we are going back to more medleys and events that were familiar at Worlds Strongest Man 10 years ago, including …

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Britain’s Strongest Man 2018 Preview

Britain’s Strongest Man is back this weekend Saturday 1/27/18 at the FLY DSA Arena in Sheffield, U.K and Worlds Strongest Man Eddie Hall is going for his 5th straight title which would be a new record.

Andrew Clayton Breaks 105kg/231lb Axle C&P World Record With 188kg/415lb

2018 105kg Worlds Strongest Man Andrew Clayton headed to The Copper State Record Breakers contest in Avondale, Arizona on January 20th, 2018 hosted by Pritchett Power Strength Training to attempt to break the standing Axle Clean & Press record held by Vladimir Reksha of the Ukraine at 180kg/396lbs.

2018 Arnold Pro Strongwoman Events & Athletes

The Arnold Pro Strongwoman contest is back for its second year with even stronger competitors and new events. One of the most prestigious contests in all of Strongwoman with great exposure at the Arnold Classic and one of the biggest pay days in the sport.

Strong Talk Podcast 108: Eric Dawson

Eric Dawson is a Pro Strongman in the heavyweight division who has competed internationally including wins in The Strongman Champions League. Eric also owns one of the top Strongman gyms in the country Titan Barbell.   Listen on Youtube Follow Eric at http://www.titanbarbell.net  Instagram @TitanBarbell Facebook Support this podcast by hitting Subscribe and giving a …

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Considerations for Improving your Super Yoke

By Tom Hibbert The Yoke is one of those disciplines that has a good carryover to other events. If your Yoke is going well, then you can bet your squat and deadlift are also seeing improvements. The main reasoning is that the improved hip and core stability that is so vital with the Yoke, will …

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Predictor Lifts in Strongman

By Tom Hibbert Success leaves clues, and Charles Poliquin is one of the most well-known strength coaches alongside arguably being the most successful. With this in mind, I utilized his concept of predictor lifts to develop my own for the sport of Strongman. The concept is simple: Improve your predictor lifts and in turn, this …

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Weekly Training Structure for a Strongman

By Tom Hibbert Principle 1: Never train more than 2 days in a row Why? Strongman is a neural sport therefore ensuring adequate recovery is of paramount importance. Remember, in Strongman/woman, what you do in the gym has a direct effect on competition performance. It’s not like a 100m sprinter, where they have to also …

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Strong Talk Podcast 107: Charles “Trey” Mitchell III

This weeks guest is Trey Mitchell, Trey won 2017 Strongman Corporation Amateur Nationals as a Super Heavyweight to earn his pro card a long with winning Official Strongman Games Giants Live Qualifier.